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    If You Like Your Uber, Can You Keep Your Uber?

    October 14, 2022 // Democratic administrations favor having fewer independent contractors and a standardized set of benefits. This gives more power to unions to organize workers. If Uber were the employer of all drivers, a union could ask Uber to support unionizing the labor force. It is practically impossible to organize independent contractors. Public sector unions made 90 percent of their contributions to Democratic candidates in the 2020 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.com. With the share of wage and salary workers who belong to unions declining from 20 percent in 1983 to 10 percent in 2021, unions are under pressure to recruit more members to fund union officials’ salaries and member pension plans.

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    IL: More than 100 members and supporters of CTA unions briefly block Michigan Avenue to protest attacks against operators

    December 13, 2021 // In a Friday statement, the CTA said the “safety and security of our employees is our top priority, and we have zero tolerance for anyone seeking to harm them.”

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